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Saturday, July 6, 2013

Silence of the Wolves by Hannah Pole: Review + $25 Amazon Giftcard!

Urban Fantasy

Date Published: 6/26/2013

Fate is calling…

After a strange encounter in a dark alley, journalist Tamriel’s life
is turned upside down. She’s missing days, developing odd new abilities,
and being followed by mysterious Leyth.
Leyth’s determined to teach Tamriel about her new life – as a
werewolf! And just as intent on keeping their relationship strictly
business.bond grows, Tamriel and Leyth face a bigger challenge; Tam may
be their kind’s strongest weapon against the Circle, a deadly group of
paranormal creatures gone rogue. That is, if she’s ready to give into
her destiny and put up the fight of her life...
Dark, dangerous – and too gorgeous for his own good –But as their simmering

I am a born and bred wild child. (Or I like to think so anyway!)

I
moved to sunny Folkestone UK to escape and find my feet as, well
whatever I was destined to be! But alas, my short attention span made
finding that destiny a little difficult! One day I came across a diary
entry that made me laugh so hard; I actually fell off my chair. (Yes,
this can happen!)

I
decided that the entry was so funny; it needed to be shared with the
world! So I started writing, and attempted to turn it into a novel.
Though to this day, that novel remains unfinished, it will always be the
novel that got me started, and showed me what I was passionate about.

Honestly?
I have aspired to be everything from a Private Investigator to a Zoo
Keeper with my career; my interests change so quickly that I could never
stick with one! Writing gives me the freedom to choose; I can be a
cold-hearted assassin in love with a poet one day and the secret lesbian
lover of a politician the next!

All
my life, I have had a strong, unwavering passion for anything
supernatural, spiritual and slightly unexplainable, I love the idea that
there can be something completely fantastical lurking beneath the
confines of normality. So of course, mythical creatures of all shapes
and sizes dominate most of my work!

In
a nutshell, I am a creative crazy bean, living with my lovely husband
and a house full of too many animals! I've always secretly wished I were
a werewolf of some description, but have come to realise that I will
have to settle for writing about them instead! I'm happiest in the sun
with my head in a good book!

Slowly, carefully,
Tam moved. Only an inch as she lowered herself to the ground and, in
one painstaking movement, she knelt before the wolf.

Her knife was
clipped to the side of her bra and her hands itched to reach for it,
but she knew it was a bad idea. Currently the wolf was showing no
signs of aggression and she didn’t want to spook him again.

As she looked into those beautiful
grey eyes, she saw no anger, no malice. She saw fatigue, pain and confusion.
She could read the emotions behind them like a book.

As she watched him, it seemed as though
he was being as careful as she to move carefully. It was almost as if
it were he who didn’t want to spook her rather than the other way
around. He lowered his back end to the ground, shuffling a little awkwardly
around his back leg. He then proceeded to lie down completely, resting
his head on his paws, keeping his eyes still locked onto hers. It was
as if he’d visibly given up.

Tam slowly edged forward. She must
be absolutely crazy, knowing this was a vicious wild animal and that
it could tear her apart easily. Yet her gut told her the wolf wasn’t
going to hurt her.

She must be going mad. She was going
to end up being that weird woman that was nearly killed by a wild wolf
because she thought she could be friends with it.

And yet, this moment, this intense,
terrifying, incredibly special moment, was one she would treasure for
the rest of her life; one she would write about and talk of over and
over again to friends, family and, maybe, one day her children.

The day mommy made friends with a
wolf.

This novel hits the ground running. One minute I'm thinking, "Okay, I'm ready for another Werewolf romance," next I'm submersed in action.

When I was looking around at other reviews on Amazon and Goodreads the first thing I noticed was that there seems to be a unanimous 5-star rating (at this time). People love this book, not just me.

The characters are wonderful, the plot is fascinating. Hannah Pole is a strong writer with a great story to tell.

1 comment:

Thank you for the awesome review :) Glad you're enjoying it! Is there anything you think I could do to improve? I'd love to hear your thoughts! And thank you for having me on your blog, you amazing bean! x